Here are the many conflicts we fought in:
King Philips War; 4 July 1675 to 12 Aug 1676
King Williams War; 1689 - 1697
Queen Anne's War; 1702 - 1713
King George War; 1744 - 1748
French Indian War; 1756 - 1763
Cherokee War; 1759 - 1761
(actually it was our terrorism to the Indians, the trail of tears)
American Revolution; 1775 - 1783
Franco American Naval War; 1798 - 1800
Barbary Wars; 1801 - 1805
War of 1812; 1812 - 1815
Creek War; 1813 - 1814
War of Texas Independence; 1836
Mexican American War;1846 - 1848
The Civil War; 1861 - 1865
Spanish War; 1898
WW1; 1914 - 1918
WW2; 1939 - 1945
Korea; 1950 - 1953
Vietnam; 1960 - 1975
Bay of Pigs; 1961
Grenada; 1983
Lebanon; 1983 - 1987
Panama; 1989
Philippine Coup Attempt; 1989
Persian Gulf; 1990 - 1991
Bosnia; 1993 - 1996
Afghanistan; 2001 to ?
Iraq; 2003 - 2014
This is a lot.
How many more do we need to get involved in?
What is next?
North Korea?
Ukraine?
Syria?
Sudan?
Burma?
Why can't we just have peace, instead of conflict?
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Memorial Day 2014
On
this Friday night I reflect of my Naval career,
what I seen,
the combat I went through in; Lebanon, Philippines, Bosnia, Iraq, and Kuwait,
the shipmates I never lost touch with; B, Kira, Old Dan Tucker, Squiggy, to name a few,
the great camaraderie I had,
the west pacs, Caribbean, and Mediterranean deployments,
the humanitarian ops I went on to Africa,
the expeditions to Iceland, the arctic, and the antarctic,
and my favorite ship; the Battleship New Jersey BB-62.
I want to give a memorial day weekend shout out to all the shipmates I served with on;
the Battleship New Jersey,
security duty in the Philippines and Japan,
at CHB5 Sand Point Washington,
on the USS Underwood FFG-36,
on the USS Richmond K. Turner CG-20,
on the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74,
at Newport Rhode Island,
on the USS Belleauwood LHA-3,
and at NAVSTA Great Lakes.
Thank you for your service;
and all the other shipmates; sailors, marines, and soldiers and airman I served with.
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
And do not forget those who served and gave that ultimate sacrifice.
Bless you my brothers and sisters in arms.
From LT Kerofsky USNSCC Retired
what I seen,
the combat I went through in; Lebanon, Philippines, Bosnia, Iraq, and Kuwait,
the shipmates I never lost touch with; B, Kira, Old Dan Tucker, Squiggy, to name a few,
the great camaraderie I had,
the west pacs, Caribbean, and Mediterranean deployments,
the humanitarian ops I went on to Africa,
the expeditions to Iceland, the arctic, and the antarctic,
and my favorite ship; the Battleship New Jersey BB-62.
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| The Battleship Aft; Turret 3 |
I want to give a memorial day weekend shout out to all the shipmates I served with on;
the Battleship New Jersey,
security duty in the Philippines and Japan,
at CHB5 Sand Point Washington,
on the USS Underwood FFG-36,
on the USS Richmond K. Turner CG-20,
on the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74,
at Newport Rhode Island,
on the USS Belleauwood LHA-3,
and at NAVSTA Great Lakes.
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| Me right after Boot Camp |
Thank you for your service;
and all the other shipmates; sailors, marines, and soldiers and airman I served with.
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
And do not forget those who served and gave that ultimate sacrifice.
Bless you my brothers and sisters in arms.
From LT Kerofsky USNSCC Retired
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| Me after retiring and serving one year in the Sea Cadet Core. |
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Are we in dangerous times?
Check this link out my fellow bloggers:
http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/
It might open someones eyes to what is really going on with the environment.
Like John Kerry said, "We have to get more grass roots groups involved
and hold the oil companies responsible for polluting the environment."
He was one of the original people who started Earth Day back in 1970,
this led to the EPA and other environmental organizations.
The Obama administration has set higher EPA standards,
reduced our oil import by 10 percent, and has stopped the pipeline so far.
Unfortunately lobbyist and the big oil companies with all their money have the power.
All the search for off shore oil and the drilling that is going off Greenland
as all the Ice Caps are melting is not logical.
I don't understand why people can not open their eyes.
Look at what the Gulf spell did back in 2010,
we are still feeling the economic effects.
The internal combustion engine we use in our automobiles is obsolete,
I like the fact of hybrid cars. But is it too little too late?
We can do more, we need a shift in the other direction.
I am writing another letter to congress, it is our right to do.
I don't know if they listen, but we have the right of our voice.
What I saw so far in this show is intriguing.
I am active in environmental groups trying to get the
government and these big corrupt oil companies to listen.
I am am member of 350org and we have been an
influence in stopping the XL pipeline.
When I was in the arctic back in 1994 on an expedition
there was ice shifts then.
It is much worse now, the ice is melting more rapid.
Though we had a cold long winter,
many of you will think that disproves climate change.
But in fact it proves that we are warming,
the ice caps melting causes rapid changes in the weather.
This year we had a polar vortex that caused a long winter.
But look at the rise in the earths temperature in general,
since the Industrial Revolution.
This is when man started to pollute the environment.
The temperature drops are when there was volcanic eruptions.
The ash cools the atmosphere.
This year it was cooled by the Polar Vortex.
But we had early summers in 2011, 12, and 13.
They were long and hot. See the point.
The earth is warming.
The president said on energy, climate, and change:
“We can’t have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past. We need an energy strategy for the future – an all-of-the-above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of American-made energy.” - President Barack Obama,
March 15, 2012
http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/
It might open someones eyes to what is really going on with the environment.
Like John Kerry said, "We have to get more grass roots groups involved
and hold the oil companies responsible for polluting the environment."
He was one of the original people who started Earth Day back in 1970,
this led to the EPA and other environmental organizations.
The Obama administration has set higher EPA standards,
reduced our oil import by 10 percent, and has stopped the pipeline so far.
Unfortunately lobbyist and the big oil companies with all their money have the power.
All the search for off shore oil and the drilling that is going off Greenland
as all the Ice Caps are melting is not logical.
I don't understand why people can not open their eyes.
Look at what the Gulf spell did back in 2010,
we are still feeling the economic effects.
The internal combustion engine we use in our automobiles is obsolete,
I like the fact of hybrid cars. But is it too little too late?
We can do more, we need a shift in the other direction.
I am writing another letter to congress, it is our right to do.
I don't know if they listen, but we have the right of our voice.
What I saw so far in this show is intriguing.
I am active in environmental groups trying to get the
government and these big corrupt oil companies to listen.
I am am member of 350org and we have been an
influence in stopping the XL pipeline.
When I was in the arctic back in 1994 on an expedition
there was ice shifts then.
It is much worse now, the ice is melting more rapid.
Though we had a cold long winter,
many of you will think that disproves climate change.
But in fact it proves that we are warming,
the ice caps melting causes rapid changes in the weather.
This year we had a polar vortex that caused a long winter.
But look at the rise in the earths temperature in general,
since the Industrial Revolution.
This is when man started to pollute the environment.
The temperature drops are when there was volcanic eruptions.
The ash cools the atmosphere.
This year it was cooled by the Polar Vortex.
But we had early summers in 2011, 12, and 13.
They were long and hot. See the point.
The earth is warming.
The president said on energy, climate, and change:
“We can’t have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past. We need an energy strategy for the future – an all-of-the-above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of American-made energy.” - President Barack Obama,
March 15, 2012
Friday, May 9, 2014
Let Art be Art
Let art be art:
An independent study
Mr. Timothy L. Kerofsky, MA
Through my research on the arts;
study of the classics to the modern arts, I have found that we are becoming too
uptight in America.
In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries; the
arts of Europe blossomed. The arts of classism,
neo-classism, sculpture, nudes including nudes of children, and portrait
painting were popular in that era.
The creative mind of Leonardo Di Vinci in which he used science and art to create inventions long before his time is intriguing.
The works of Michelangelo most notably the statue of David and the
paintings of cherubs in the Sistine Chapel and the works of Raphael; his
neo-classism biblical paintings were created within this era.
In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; the morbid arts of Goya, the expressionist arts, the Bouguereau arts of pubescent girls, architectural art, and the birth of photography; in which Julia Margret Cameron took nudes of children portraying them as cherubs.
The arts of Manet, Renoir, Monet, Degas and Pissarro created
the impressionist period in the late 19th century. Not to mention
the works of Vincent Van Gogh; most notably
Starry Night, Irises, and Sunflowers.
These are great works, but I have to mention one of my favorite art
pieces painted by
Pierre Auguste Renoir entitled the “Girl in White”.
Renoir was born on February 25th, 1841 and died on December 3rd, 1919.
He was noted for his great portrait works of children.
The 20th
century brought the great work of Norman Rockwell who had a way of portraying
people. He was known for his great works for the Saturday Evening Post.
The 20th century, of course, was the time of Picasso.
The five main periods of Picasso:
Blue Period (1901-1904), Rose Period (1904-1906),
African-Influenced Period (1907-1909), Cubism (1909-1912),
and Surrealism (1912-1930′s).
My favorite artists were born during this time, notably Jock Sturgis who was born in 1947 in New York City; He attended school at Marlboro College earning a BS in Psychology and then attended art school at the San Francisco Art Institute which he earned his MFA. He is one of the controversial artist who photographs nudes of pubescent, preteen, and teen girls. Though I do not totally agree with his subject matter, I respect him as an artist. The fact that he uses an old box camera, natural lighting, and does not use a photo editing program and gets un-blurred beautiful photos is amazing.
He still takes these photos today on the beaches of France.
Another favorite artist is
a Polish artist name Jaroslaw Kukowski. He is a surreal painter and painter of
mermaids. He was born on April 11th, 1972 in Tczew, Poland.
In the decade of the 20th century the controversial arts and films emerged. In 1978 a controversial film was released called, “Pretty Baby”. It displayed 12 year old Brooke Shields as a young prostitute in a French Quarter Louisiana brothel. There was nothing edited in this film; showing complete nudity of a minor child.
Films like it was the 1976 film “Taxi Driver” starring Robert De
Niro as the taxi driver and Jody Foster who played a child prostitute; the film
entitled, “Lolita” based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel was
released in 1997 – starring Dominique Swain portraying young Lolita, a preteen
who has an attraction to an adult male. These two films, however, only had
brief nudity of the backs of the children, and not the full nudity displayed in
“Pretty Baby.” The final film I will mention is the extremely controversial
Sundance film, “Hounddog”. What made this film so controversial was the rape
scene of a child. This film was released in 2007 and starred 12 year old Dakota
Fanning in the role of Lewellen, who was going through struggles as a young
country daughter of a drunken and sick father in the early 1950’s. She loves to
sing the song, Hound Dog by Elvis Presley. She desired to see Elvis in person
and was taken advantage of by an older boy who said he had a ticket for her.
Her friend, who was a younger boy, lured her to the barn on a rainy night and
tricked her in to taking off her clothes in which she was raped by the older
boy. She never did get the ticket for the Elvis concert. After the rape she met
this black man whom was a snake charmer and he helped her find herself,
overcome what was done to her and grow.
I watched this film for one of my woman’s studies classes at Western Illinois University. I learned a lot about overcoming turmoil and adversity in this film.
Now we are in the 21st century where art has become a controversy; and congress is trying to pass laws to ban and control arts. The government in 2003 tried to pass a law banning the so-called art of anime lolicon. I do not agree with what lolicon actually is; it is drawn child like images, in the tradition of the Japanese. They mostly have big eyes, some have tails, and some have animal ears. The women that pose for these images are over the age of 18. The pure innocent lolicon drawings (like the one below) I feel are OK, but the hentai type lolicon is too morbid and perverse.
The creative mind of Leonardo Di Vinci in which he used science and art to create inventions long before his time is intriguing.
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| Leonardo Divinchi self portrait sketch |
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| Close up of the Mona Lisa |
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| The Precambrian Man |
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| Statue of David |
In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; the morbid arts of Goya, the expressionist arts, the Bouguereau arts of pubescent girls, architectural art, and the birth of photography; in which Julia Margret Cameron took nudes of children portraying them as cherubs.
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| A morbid art by Francesco Goya |
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| Saturno devorando a su hijo by Goya |
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| The Cherub by Julia Margret Cameron |
Starry Night, Irises, and Sunflowers.
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| Starry Starry Night |
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| Irises |
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| Sunflowers |
Pierre Auguste Renoir entitled the “Girl in White”.
Renoir was born on February 25th, 1841 and died on December 3rd, 1919.
He was noted for his great portrait works of children.
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| Girl in White |
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| Fair Catch Norman Rockwell |
The 20th century, of course, was the time of Picasso.
The five main periods of Picasso:
Blue Period (1901-1904), Rose Period (1904-1906),
African-Influenced Period (1907-1909), Cubism (1909-1912),
and Surrealism (1912-1930′s).
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| Bottle, Guitar, Glass, and Pipe (Cubism period) |
My favorite artists were born during this time, notably Jock Sturgis who was born in 1947 in New York City; He attended school at Marlboro College earning a BS in Psychology and then attended art school at the San Francisco Art Institute which he earned his MFA. He is one of the controversial artist who photographs nudes of pubescent, preteen, and teen girls. Though I do not totally agree with his subject matter, I respect him as an artist. The fact that he uses an old box camera, natural lighting, and does not use a photo editing program and gets un-blurred beautiful photos is amazing.
He still takes these photos today on the beaches of France.
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| Girl with crossed arms Jock Sturgis |
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| Mermaid and Gull Jaroslaw Kukowski |
In the decade of the 20th century the controversial arts and films emerged. In 1978 a controversial film was released called, “Pretty Baby”. It displayed 12 year old Brooke Shields as a young prostitute in a French Quarter Louisiana brothel. There was nothing edited in this film; showing complete nudity of a minor child.
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| Scene from Pretty Baby, I took the photo from my TV, and edited out her private parts. |
I watched this film for one of my woman’s studies classes at Western Illinois University. I learned a lot about overcoming turmoil and adversity in this film.
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| Dakota Fanning in her most controversial role |
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| The rape scene of Hounddog |
Now we are in the 21st century where art has become a controversy; and congress is trying to pass laws to ban and control arts. The government in 2003 tried to pass a law banning the so-called art of anime lolicon. I do not agree with what lolicon actually is; it is drawn child like images, in the tradition of the Japanese. They mostly have big eyes, some have tails, and some have animal ears. The women that pose for these images are over the age of 18. The pure innocent lolicon drawings (like the one below) I feel are OK, but the hentai type lolicon is too morbid and perverse.
But, if one
bans this one has to ban the modern arts; the "photo-nudes" by Jock Sturgis,
Bill Henson,
David Hamilton, and Sally Mann. This law does not make it clear what classifies
art and what does not. There is a fine line between the modern art of today and
porn. It is a judgment call, an objective view which is different for each
person. Art today is scrutinized; one could not do a nude painting today
without another saying that it is porn. Unlike it was in the arts of old. No
the government cannot ban one type of art and not the other, no matter how
morbid nor the subject matter. If they do they would have to ban all arts;
paintings, drawings, music, dance. This is not logical. I agree on the controls
of child modeling, the long hours they have to work and such; but banning art,
no!
Just let art
be art and let people express themselves. Is not this what art really is?
Monday, April 14, 2014
Give a Hug!
Thought:
If one can not hug and spread love and joy at church;
where can one hug and spread love and joy at?
In this sad cruel world where there are:
child molestations,
children being trafficked,
teen girls being stalked at school,
children in one parent families,
more and more latchkey kids,
and not to mention all the war and violence
it is no wonder why there is so much sorrow in the world.
Is not this good reason to give more hugs?
We all need a hug once and awhile.
I am a hugger and have always been;
it is how I spread love and joy.
But now we are going from one extreme to the next;
from allowing hugs to not allowing hugs.
Keeping space.
When someone comes up and hugs you,
am I supposed to push them off,
or do I put my one arm around them and hug them back?
(I walk with my cane and only hug with one arm anyway)
I feel that we should allow hugs,
but maybe with just one arm instead of two.
This is a happy medium and still spreads love and joy.
So just "Give a Hug"!
If one can not hug and spread love and joy at church;
where can one hug and spread love and joy at?
In this sad cruel world where there are:
child molestations,
children being trafficked,
teen girls being stalked at school,
children in one parent families,
more and more latchkey kids,
and not to mention all the war and violence
it is no wonder why there is so much sorrow in the world.
Is not this good reason to give more hugs?
We all need a hug once and awhile.
I am a hugger and have always been;
it is how I spread love and joy.
But now we are going from one extreme to the next;
from allowing hugs to not allowing hugs.
Keeping space.
When someone comes up and hugs you,
am I supposed to push them off,
or do I put my one arm around them and hug them back?
(I walk with my cane and only hug with one arm anyway)
I feel that we should allow hugs,
but maybe with just one arm instead of two.
This is a happy medium and still spreads love and joy.
So just "Give a Hug"!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
49th Birthday thoughts:
As I reflect back in the last 49 years of my life I realize
that I have accomplished a lot.
I have made many mistakes, some bad decisions, and errors
that I learned from.
I have made some good decisions
as well that led to success.
I have traveled the world; visited 56 countries and 114 or
so ports of call with the Navy.
All and all I feel that my life was good.
I struggled a lot, always had to strive, but have succeeded.
I have been picked on, stepped on, brought down, but in the
end came out strong.
I have a Saint Michael’s Medal that I believe has protected
me from harm.
I have been wearing it for over 20 years.
I have been to combat zones in Lebanon,
Philippines, the Gulf, Iraq and Kuwait.
I have been to humanitarian operations in Africa.
The medal protected me from all of it;
ironically the day the medal came off is the day I was hurt.
It was the day I fell down the ladder well and was injured.
Stenosis to the spine, tendinitis in the right shoulder,
damage to the right knee,
Tingling nerves down the right arm and in my fingers…
I found the medal part and put it back on with a key ring.
I know it will protect me from any more harm.
Now I just pray to my god Jehovah through his son Jesus for
healing.
I pray that I make it to 50 and (I jokingly said to my mom
it is the day I die).
But I want to live to at least 70. There is more I want to
do.
I plan on moving to New
Mexico in 2016.
I plan on finishing my auto-biography by then.
I plan on making Soke and teaching karate again one day.
Only god knows what my future holds.
The highlifes of my past 49 years are:
*Becoming the Captain Crossing Guard in 1977 when I was 12
*Getting First
Place in Archery in 1978 when I was 13
*Winning the Pine Wood Derby in the Cub Scouts in 1979 when
I was 14
*Winning the Arrow of Light in the Boy Scouts in 1981 when I
was 16
*Joining the Navy in 1984 at age 19
*Graduating from High School in 1985 at the age of 20
*My first West Pac deployment on the USS New Jersey BB-62
when I was 21
*My first Love experience when I was in Inchon
Korea
in 1986 at the age of 21
*Making Boatswainsmate 3rd class in 1989 when I
was 24
*Making Boatswainsmate 2nd class 1990 when I was
25
*Getting married to my wife Jill in 1991 at the Stanwood
Apple Orchard when I was 26
*Creating my own Martial Arts Style Tiger Ryu Karate
and registering it with the World Self Defense Federation in
1992 at age 27
*Coming home from Med Cruise seeing my son Timmy for the
first time when I was 28
*Earning Black Belt in Karate in 1994 when I was 29
*Earning Culinary Arts Degree and Cook Second Class in 1995 at
age 30
*Actually seeing the birth of my second soon Ken in 1998 when
I was 33
*Earning AAS degree at the Community College of Rhode
Island in 2000 at age 35
*Earning Security Certificate (many security trainings) 2002
at age 37
*Earning Master at Arms First Class in 2004 at age 39
*Going to Sea Cadet Officer Training in 2006 at age 41
*Retiring from the Navy in 2007 at age 42
*Opening own in-house dojo in 2008 at age of 43
*Promoting Jana to Junior Black Belt in Tiger Ryu Karate in
2011 when I was 46
*Retiring from Karate in 2012 at age 47
*Earning BA Arts Degree from Western Illinois University
2012 at age 47
*Earning Naval
Sea Cadet Lieutenant in
2013 at age 48
*Earning Masters in Arts Degree from Regina University
Navy College Program 2013 at age 48
Now I am 49. What will I accomplish this year?
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Reflections; military service and those who care.
As I reflect tonight, I realize that there are some good people out there.
Even though I fall into the trap of sin, and am not always good.
I strive to always do right.
I find my calling in my writings, art, and in watching my shows on my DVR.
I like to watch Days of Our Lives.
This can be strange, me being a man.
I reflect on my service in the Navy,
starting out on the Battleship New Jersey BB-62,
from being a lowly Seaman, to becoming a Boatswains mate 3rd class,
to working on deck and as a Lower Powder Door Operator during General Quarters,
to becoming a Boatswains mate 2nd class and a boat coxswain,
to steering the ships helm, and navigating.
To working on a boarding team on the USS Underwood FFG-36,
and saving children from being trafficked.
This still haunts my dreams.
To crossing to cook and working in the pantry on the
USS Richmond K, Turner CG-20,
to working as a Damage Control Petty Officer, and later a 3M coordinator.
To working as the Stateroom Supervisor on the USS Stennis CVN-74,
and later as a Divisional Career Counselor and Training Petty Officer.
To working as the Blue Team Security Watch Supervisor in Newport Rhode Island,
and later on the Auxiliary Security Force, and then on 40mm howitzer gun crew.
Then as the Security Self Defense Instructor teaching Jujitsu,
and lastly as the 680 Building Petty Officer.
To working as the Speed-line Supervisor in the Galley on the
USS Belleauwood LHA3,
to becoming a Master At Arms First Class,
and working as a Cell Block Supervisor in the Brig,
and on the security detail in Iraq.
To teaching a karate class in the ships gym,
and later became the Ships Self Defense Instructor.
To getting injured by a cabinet, on a ladder-well,
causing damage to my neck, shoulder, spine, and right knee.
Causing tingling and pain.
To going to Great Lakes for rehab,
and working with the Sea Cadet Core,
becoming a Lieutenant.
To retiring from the Navy in 2007 after 23 years of Naval service.
To tutoring and mentoring children, and inspiring others.
To those that are good to me.
Those restaurants and theaters that give me a military discount,
and those who help fellow veterans,
those who do good well and even pay for the person behind them in line.
I give a shout out to one who wants to help me get the benefits I earned.
To those that care for others, and have a big heart.
As I care for others, and have a big heart.
I salute you. God be with you.
Even though I fall into the trap of sin, and am not always good.
I strive to always do right.
I find my calling in my writings, art, and in watching my shows on my DVR.
I like to watch Days of Our Lives.
This can be strange, me being a man.
I reflect on my service in the Navy,
starting out on the Battleship New Jersey BB-62,
from being a lowly Seaman, to becoming a Boatswains mate 3rd class,
to working on deck and as a Lower Powder Door Operator during General Quarters,
to becoming a Boatswains mate 2nd class and a boat coxswain,
to steering the ships helm, and navigating.
To working on a boarding team on the USS Underwood FFG-36,
and saving children from being trafficked.
This still haunts my dreams.
To crossing to cook and working in the pantry on the
USS Richmond K, Turner CG-20,
to working as a Damage Control Petty Officer, and later a 3M coordinator.
To working as the Stateroom Supervisor on the USS Stennis CVN-74,
and later as a Divisional Career Counselor and Training Petty Officer.
To working as the Blue Team Security Watch Supervisor in Newport Rhode Island,
and later on the Auxiliary Security Force, and then on 40mm howitzer gun crew.
Then as the Security Self Defense Instructor teaching Jujitsu,
and lastly as the 680 Building Petty Officer.
To working as the Speed-line Supervisor in the Galley on the
USS Belleauwood LHA3,
to becoming a Master At Arms First Class,
and working as a Cell Block Supervisor in the Brig,
and on the security detail in Iraq.
To teaching a karate class in the ships gym,
and later became the Ships Self Defense Instructor.
To getting injured by a cabinet, on a ladder-well,
causing damage to my neck, shoulder, spine, and right knee.
Causing tingling and pain.
To going to Great Lakes for rehab,
and working with the Sea Cadet Core,
becoming a Lieutenant.
To retiring from the Navy in 2007 after 23 years of Naval service.
To tutoring and mentoring children, and inspiring others.
To those that are good to me.
Those restaurants and theaters that give me a military discount,
and those who help fellow veterans,
those who do good well and even pay for the person behind them in line.
I give a shout out to one who wants to help me get the benefits I earned.
To those that care for others, and have a big heart.
As I care for others, and have a big heart.
I salute you. God be with you.
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